Will telehealth services become the norm following COVID-19 pandemic? The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has broadly affected how health care is provided in the United States. One notable change is the expanded use of telehealth services, which have been quickly adopted by many health care ... Jul 16, 2020 0 0
Researchers discover potential treatment for rare degenerative disease Yale pharmacology professor Barbara Ehrlich and her team have uncovered a mechanism driving a rare, lethal disease called Wolfram Syndrome and also a potential treatment. Their findings appear in the July 6 edition of Proceedings ... Jul 16, 2020 0 121
Healthy offspring from testicular tissue transplantation in mice: Retinoic acid key One in fifty births in Japan are said to be through in vitro fertilization, and many couples remain unable to conceive for reasons unknown. Infertility is also an undesired side-effect of lifesaving cancer treatment in childhood. Jul 16, 2020 0 30
Pin-prick blood test used to test for radiation exposure in mice A team of researchers at The Ohio State University has developed a pin-prick-type blood test for measuring the amount of radiation exposure in mice. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, ... Jul 16, 2020 report 0 59
CBD may help avert lung destruction in COVID-19 Cannabidiol, or CBD, may help reduce the cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation that is killing many patients with COVID-19, researchers say. Jul 16, 2020 0 636
Widely used blood test could advance heart failure treatment Biomedical experts believe that half of heart failure patients likely have low levels of the thyroid hormone T3 in their cardiac tissue. While heart failure symptoms are commonly attributed to cardiovascular conditions like ... Jul 16, 2020 0 3
A 'feeling' for dementia? A research team led by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) concludes that personal perception can be an important indicator for the early detection of Alzheimer's disease. In a new study involving 449 ... Jul 16, 2020 0 0
Team develops an approach to facilitate the diagnosis of tuberculosis as cause of death The molecular test 'Xpert Ultra' combined with a minimally invasive autopsy technique can facilitate the diagnosis of tuberculosis as cause of death in low-income countries, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute ... Jul 16, 2020 0 0
HIV alone not a risk factor for cavities in children Recent studies indicate HIV infection heightens the risk of dental cavities—but a Rutgers researcher has found evidence that the risk of cavities comes not from HIV itself but from a weakened immune system, which could ... Jul 16, 2020 0 20
More COVID-19 patients in ICUs are surviving now: study (HealthDay)—Even as new coronavirus infections soar in the United States, a new study offers one piece of good news: Severely ill COVID-19 patients are significantly more likely to survive now compared to a few months ago. Jul 16, 2020 0 15